Inventory of the O. S. Macon General Store Invoices, 1924-1926

Collection Number 5277

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Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
block Descriptive Summary
block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Headings
block Biographical Note
block Collection Overview
plus Detailed Description of the Collection
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Macon, O. S.
Title
O. S. Macon General Store Invoices, 1924-1926
Call Number
5277
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 400
Linear Feet: 0.5
Abstract
O. S. Macon owned a general store in Louisburg, N.C., in the 1920s.
The collection contains invoices from O. S. Macon's general store, January 1924-April 1926. Invoices are from wholesale grocery, drug, and other companies, such as American Wholesale Corporation, Henderson Grocery Company, Southern Grocery Company, and W. H. Drug Company.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Robert W. Smithwick Jr. in April 2006 (Acc. 100398).
Processing Information
Processed by: Danielle Weber, November 2006
Encoded by: Danielle Weber, November 2006
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the O. S. Macon General Store Invoices #5277, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

General stores--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Grocery trade--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Louisburg (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
Louisburg (N.C.)--History.
Louisburg (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Macon, O. S.
Merchants--North Carolina--History--20th century.
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Biographical Note

O. S. Macon owned a general store in Louisburg, N.C., in the 1920s.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes invoices from O. S. Macon's general store in Louisburg, N.C., January 1924-April 1926. Invoices are from wholesale grocery, drug, and other companies such as American Wholesale Corporation, Henderson Grocery Company, Southern Grocery Company, and W. H. Drug Company.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Invoices, 1924-1926.
About 400 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 1
1924: January-December
Folder 2
1925: January
Folder 3
1925: February
Folder 4
1925: March-June
Folder 5
1925: July-October
Folder 6
1925: November
Folder 7
1925: December
Folder 8
1926: January
Folder 9
1926: February
Folder 10
1926: March
Folder 11
1926: April
Folder 12
Undated

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